I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Visual Computing at Clemson University, focusing on rendering and material modeling.  I earned a Master of Science in the same area with a 4.00 GPA and completed the thesis option.  (The thesis is described under the Research tab.)  I also have a Bachelor of Science with summa cum laude distinction from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, studying Computer Science with a Digital Arts concentration.  I have maintained "A"s in all of the courses throughout my graduate, undergraduate, and high school careers, and the intersection of the fields of technology and art interest me greatly.   Through my academics, research, internships, and extracurricular experiences in the field, I have greatly expanded and will continue to expand both my logical and artistic abilities and involvement in the expansive and inspirational field of computer graphics.

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I primarily develop in Python and C/C++, Qt5, OpenGL 4.x and GLSL, and OpenCL.  I have had software R&D internships at Pixar Animation Studios (specifically with RenderMan), Weta Digital (on the "fur & feathers" team), and TH Köln in Germany.  I teach a 2-course sequence that introduces programming with a visual, production focus to graduate students entering Clemson's Digital Production Arts MFA program.  Previously, at both Clemson's Countenance Lab and UNCW, I worked as a graduate/undergraduate researcher on 2D and 3D face parameterization.